Chapter 402: The Impact of History and Awakening

After the group returned to the school's harbor, Qin Ge, Hao, and Fanji bid each other farewell and then went toward their respective residential areas.

At this moment the sky gradually darkened, the sunset's glow slowly vanished on the distant horizon, but a remaining ray of Guanghui shone on the silhouettes of Qin Ge and the shipgirls as they headed back.

"Commander, I just noticed on the way here that the two from the Royal aren't speaking much—what's the reason?" Luodenni asked Qin Ge, and upon hearing her question the others all turned toward Qin Ge.

Qin Ge smiled and glanced at Guanghui beside him, saying, "Isn't it because of Guanghui?"

"Is it because of my Awakening?" Guanghui said with a smile.

Qin Ge nodded, "I think aside from this, there shouldn't be anything else. While you were out fighting, we ended up chatting a lot together."

Hao also noticed the changes in your appearance and strength, so he raised the question asking how exactly you Awakened, whether it had anything to do with me, and whether I had discovered any secrets or the like.

"So did the commander tell her?" Biaoqiang asked.

Qin Ge nodded, "There's nothing to hide, after all you all know about my and Guanghui's actions over these past few days; a little inquiry would reveal it. But I didn't tell them—I told Guanghui a lot about what happened to the Guanghui armored aircraft carrier in my previous world."

"So Commander, do you think those stories have been of any help?" Luodenni asked.

Qin Ge smiled and looked at Guanghui, "I don't know whether those stories have helped, but you can ask Guanghui about this—her feelings should be the deepest."

After Qin Ge finished speaking, everyone's gaze turned to Guanghui. Seeing her smile and say, "It should be said that it helped; since I started dreaming, I specifically went to ask Sanli Xianbei, and of course also our fleet's Kaga."

They told me that each time I dream, it lasts only a short period, and then after several days I will have the same dream again.

But I found my dreams aren't like that; thanks to the commander's stories, I can almost every day dream of that scene. And as the dreaming time lengthens, the duration of my dreams also begins to lengthen—basically each day differs from the previous, which is why my Awakening came so quickly.

Qin Ge stared for a moment, "Really? I thought you all had that dream every day, but it turns out only you are like this."

"Hehe, it seems the commander has become a bit careless about this issue." Luodenni smiled.

Qin Ge helplessly shrugged, "Because I never previously imagined that others' dreams and Guanghui's dreams would differ so much. But now we've grasped a key point: during Awakening, if we talk more about what happened to you as warships in my previous world, it might boost your Awakening progress."

"Yes." Guanghui smiled.

"However, we still need a long time before Awakening; right now the only one who should be closest to max proficiency is probably Banrenma, right?" Luodenni said.

Banrenma blushed and nodded, "If nobody's holding back, then my proficiency should be fairly high—already close to ninety."

"That's impressive; I'm only at sixty-five now." Biaoqiang said to Banrenma.

Qin Ge laughed and patted Biaoqiang's head, "Your proficiency isn't low—considering you were only summoned half a year ago, and compared to the main fleet, the vanguard fleet gains proficiency slowly, so you're already doing great."

"Hehe, I just want to become strong quickly so I can help the commander." Biaoqiang giggled at Qin Ge, and rubbed his head against Qin Ge's hand.

"I know your feelings, but for us now we should still proceed step by step with solid groundwork. Ice three feet thick does not form in a day; if we want to stand equal with the Nine Major Factions, such training is indispensable." Qin Ge said to everyone.

"We understand." All the shipgirls nodded at Qin Ge.

Qin Ge gave a faint smile, looking at the increasingly dim sky and the faintly visible Reception House in the distance, "Let's pick up the pace; it's getting dark soon, and we don't want to make them worry."

"Mm."

Night, inside Hao's room.

After Hao and Fanji had finished their meal and parted ways, he returned to his room alone. At this time he did not lie directly on the bed, but went to the nearby sofa, took out a device from his Jia Zhuang Kong Jian, and placed it on the tea table in front of him.

After pressing the device's button, a blue light curtain projected from it, flashing a Royal emblem in midair. Less than a minute later, the emblem vanished and a figure appeared.

Upon seeing the figure, Hao's face broke into a smile, "Older sister, good evening."

The figure that Hao called older sister was none other than George V whom Qin Ge had seen before; she smiled and said to Hao, "Hao, have you been all right these few days in Donghuang?"

"Everything's fine, older sister?" Hao replied.

"Same here." George V chuckled, "Today you used the private line—surely it's not just a simple greeting, right? What happened? Is there anything that needs reporting?"

Hao nodded, "What older sister said is true—today we indeed discovered something very unexpected: the Guanghui aircraft carrier under Commander Qin Ge's command has completed initial Awakening."

In the image, George V's smiling cheeks stiffened, and then she asked in disbelief, "What?"

Hao said to George V word by word, "The aircraft carrier Guanghui under Commander Qin Ge's command has today completed initial Awakening; from now on Commander Qin Ge possesses an Awakened shipgirl."

Actually Hao's information is still wrong, because aside from Qin Ge and his group, nobody knows that the two aircraft carriers of the Sakura Empire have already signed a contract with Qin Ge. Although they haven't yet acknowledged his commander identity, it is now certain that they are his shipgirls.

"Is this news definitely accurate? Or is his shipgirl's Awakening carried out using the previous mental unit?" George V asked.

"We monitor the mental unit research every day, and since we have Royal personnel there, the report is absolutely reliable."

"The shipgirl under Commander Qin Ge's command belongs to self-initiated Awakening, and Guanghui's appearance has already changed, with her essential aura also beginning to shift." Hao said to George V.

George V solemnly nodded, "I understand. Aside from that, is there anything else?"

"Not for now." Hao said.

"Hmm, I must now end the communication; I need to report this to Her Majesty the Queen—take care of yourself over there." George V said.

"Yes, older sister."